Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools

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Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, or MNPS, is a school district that serves the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Over 74,000 students are currently enolled in the district's 71 elementary schools, 36 middle schools and 15 high schools.

Contents 1 History 2 School Board 3 Schools 4 External links

[edit] History

Nashville's first public school, Hume School (now Hume-Fogg High School), opened its doors on February 26, 1855. In 1964, MNPS annexed the Davidson County school district, following the merger of the governments of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. On March 28, 2007, 4,000 students were suspended from the districts high schools for dress code violations.

[edit] School Board

Pedro Garcia is the current superintendent of MNPS.

The Board of Education is composed of nine elected members, each serving 4-year terms, and each coming form one of the nine districts in the city.

[edit] Schools

High Schools (All high schools house grades 9-12 unless otherwise noted.)

• Antioch High (10-12)
  • Antioch Ninth Grade Academy @ J. F. Kennedy Bldg.
• Cane Ridge High School (opening 2008)
• East Literature Magnet (5-12)
• Glencliff High
• Hillsboro High
• Hillwood High
• Hume-Fogg High Academic Magnet
• Hunters Lane High
• King, Martin Luther Jr. Magnet @ Historic Pearl High (7-12)
• Maplewood High
• McGavock High
• MNPS Middle College High
• Nashville School of the Arts
• Overton, John High
• Pearl-Cohn High Magnet
• Stratford High
• Whites Creek High

Middle Schools (All middle schools house grades 5-8 unless otherwise noted.)

• Allen, Margaret Middle
• Antioch Middle
• Apollo Middle
• Bailey Middle
• Bass, W. A. Middle
• Baxter, Jere Middle
• Bellevue Middle
• Brick Church Middle
• Cameron Middle
• Creswell, Isaiah T. Middle Arts Magnet
• Croft Middle
• Dalewood Middle
• Donelson Middle
• DuPont Hadley Middle
• DuPont Tyler Middle
• Early, John Middle Paideia Magnet
• East Literature Magnet (5-12)
• Ewing Park Middle
• Goodlettsville Middle
• Gra-Mar Middle
• Haynes Middle Health/Medical Science
• Head Middle Magnet
• Hill, H. G. Middle
• Joelton Middle
• Kennedy, J. F. Middle @ Thurgood Marshall (6-8)
• KIPP Academy (Charter School) (5-6)
• Litton, Isaac Middle
• McKissack Middle Professional Development (PreK-8)
• McMurray Middle
• Meigs Middle Magnet
• Moore, J. T. Middle
• Neely's Bend Middle
• Oliver, Henry Middle
• Rose Park Middle Math/Science Magnet
• Two Rivers Middle
• Vaught, Martha Middle
• West End Middle
• Wright Middle

Elementary Schools

• Amqui Elementary (PK-4)
• Bellshire Elementary Design Center (PK-4)
• Binkley, Norman Elementary (PK-4)
• Bordeaux Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Brookmeade Elementary (K-4)
• Buena Vista Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Caldwell Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Carter-Lawrence Elementary Magnet (PK-4)
• Chadwell Elementary (K-4)
• Charlotte Park Elementary (K-4)
• Cockrill Elementary (PK-4)
• Cole Elementary(K-4)
• Cotton, Hattie Elementary (PK-4)
• Crieve Hall Elementary (K-4)
• Cumberland Elementary (PK-4)
• Dodson Elementary (PK-4)
• DuPont Elementary (K-4)
• Eakin Elementary (K-4)
• Edison, Thomas A. Elementary (PK-5)
• Fall-Hamilton Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Gateway Elementary (K-4)
• Glencliff Elementary (K-4)
• Glendale Elementary (PK-4)
• Glengarry Elementary (PK-4)
• Glenn Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Glenview Elementary (PK-4)
• Goodlettsville Elementary (K-4)
• Gower Elementary (PK-4)
• Granbery Elementary (K-4)
• Green, Alex Elementary (PK-4)
• Green, Julia Elementary(K-4)
• Harpeth Valley Elementary (K-4)
• Haywood Elementary (PK-4)
• Hermitage Elementary (K-4)
• Hickman Elementary (PK-4)
• Howe, Cora Elementary (PK-4)
• Hull-Jackson Elementary Montessori Magnet (PreS-4)
• Inglewood Elementary (PK-4)
• Jackson, Andrew Elementary (K-4)
• Joelton Elementary (K-4)
• Jones Elementary Paideia Magnet(K-4)
• Joy, Tom Elementary (PK-4)
• Kelley, A. Z. Elementary (K-4)
• Kirkpatrick Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Lakeview Elementary Design Center (K-5)
• Lillard, Robert E. Elementary @ King’s Lane (K-4)
• Lockeland Elementary Design Center (PK-4)
• Major, Ruby Elementary (K-4)
• Maxwell, Henry Elementary (K-4)
• McGavock Elementary (K-4)
• Mills, Dan Elementary (K-4)
• Moss, J. E. Elementary (K-4)
• Mt. View Elementary (K-5)
• Napier Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Neely's Bend Elementary (K-4)
• Old Center Elementary (PK-4)
• Paragon Mills Elementary (PK-4)
• Park Avenue Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Pennington Elementary (K-4)
• Priest, Percy Elementary (K-4)
• Rosebank Elementary (PK-4)
• Ross Elementary (PK-4)
• Shayne Elementary (PK-4)
• Shwab Elementary (PK-4)
• Smithson-Craighead Academy (Charter School) (K-4)
• Stanford Elementary Montessori Design Center (PreS-4)
• Stratton Elementary (PK-4)
• Sylvan Park Elementary Paideia Design Ctr. (K-4)
• Tulip Grove Elementary (K-4)
• Tusculum Elementary (PK-4)
• Una Elementary (K-4)
• Warner Elementary Enhanced Option (PK-4)
• Westmeade Elementary (K-4)
• Whitsitt Elementary (PK-4)

[edit] External links

• MNPS website